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Photographer Mariano Doronzo documents a 'peculiar' community of male bathers

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Produced with analogue equipment and hand-printed, these photographs depict and document an unusual, remote community of (mainly) men near his hometown in South Italy who gather at the end of a disused pier. We share some of the images from this black-and-white exhibition, which took place recently at No. TWELVE in Nottingham, on this page.

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Documenting the realities of juggling motherhood and a creative career

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That means that, for the most part, she prefers to "document and observe rather than setting up a scene," she says. "Of Creative Mothers also offers a neat encapsulation of Opalko's work, which spans portraiture, craft and interior photography "with an overall documentary lifestyle element," as she puts it.

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Sisters of the Road: Photographs that document the remarkable lives of female American truckers

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Now, nearly 25 years later, the London-based photographer has released Sisters of the Road, a series that documents the remarkable lives of forty female American truckers. In the summer of 1998, Anne Marie Michel 's recently divorced housewife mother drove her and her sisters across the country to start a new life.

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Sobering photographs by Dan Wilton that document the harms of Europe's coal industry

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When London photographer Dan Wilton journeyed across Europe in 2019, he began to document the impacts of the coal industry on the landscape and communities that live in its shadow. Sines Power plant, Portugal, 2019 © Dan Wilton.

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A Guide to Preparing Your Work For Print Shops

Save time and increase efficiency with print-shop ready documents. In this eBook, you will learn how to deliver print shop-ready documents, save time, and ensure your work looks equally good in print as it does on screen. Learn step-by-step ways to set up PDF documents for pre-press and print.

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Diaries of War: illustrator Nora Krug on depicting raw accounts of the war in Ukraine

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Best-selling German-American author and illustrator Nora Krug has documented two anonymous, first-hand accounts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in her powerful new graphic non-fiction book, Diaries of War. Working as an illustrator lent itself well to this project, as Nora says she is committed to looking, observing and documenting. "I

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Ukraine war exhibition at Wieden+Kennedy gallery updates its images in real-time

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In Ukraine right now, history is being written, recorded and documented; history will undoubtedly be studied by our children and grandchildren for decades to come. Featuring work from 16 artists on the ground in Ukraine, it juxtaposes images from before Russia's invasion with arresting photographs documenting today's devastation.